Apr 28 2011
Donald Trump’s lunacy reveals core truth about the Republicans By Johan Hari, Friday, 29 April 2011 … Since the election of Barack Obama, the Republican Party has proved that one of its central intellectual arguments was right all along. It has long claimed that evolution is a myth believed in only by whiny liberals – …
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Apr 27 2011
Donald Trump and the Republican nightmare of 2012 By Richard Adams, April 26, 2011 … Is Donald Trump a double agent working on behalf of the Democratic party? Because that would at least explain why Trump is doing his utmost to turn the Republican party into a burned-out wreck. Whatever it is that is driving …
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Apr 26 2011
Coffee Shop Religion: Interfaith of the Everyday By Saumya Arya Haas, 04/25/11 09:45 PM ET … I never learned much about religion until I started hanging out at Muddy Waters Coffee Shop on the corner of Lyndale and 24th in Uptown, Minneapolis. I was raised to be a priestess (of Hinduism), grew up surrounded by …
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Apr 26 2011
The African ‘Star Wars’ By Pepe Escobar, 26 Apr 2011 13:54 … From energy wars to water wars, the 21st century will be determined by a fierce battle for the world’s remaining natural resources. The chessboard is global. The stakes are tremendous. Most battles will be invisible. All will be crucial. In resource-rich Africa, a complex …
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Apr 25 2011
Guantánamo piled lie upon lie through the momentum of its own existence By Julian Glover, Monday 25 April 2011 … Let them read the documents. Let them try to tell us after that (as some still do, even now) that the Afghan war was fought well, and fought morally; that Guantánamo was a limited and …
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Apr 25 2011
What the Guantanamo leaks won’t reveal By Darryl Li, 25 Apr 2011 19:28 … In the coming days, many will pore over the Guantánamo files released by Wikileaks to find startling revelations or to justify pre-existing positions. But before diving in, it may help to reflect on a few things that may not be explicit …
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Apr 24 2011
Justifying a banishment By Admiel Kosman, 12:02 24.04.11 … In one of the versions of the story of Hagar, Abraham holds a feast to celebrate the fact that Isaac has been weaned. At that event, as it is written in Genesis 21:9, Sarah catches sight of Ishmael “laughing.” This is a vague word, which our …
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